design guides
Colour Systems
Jun 14
Print colour systems CMYK Short for Cyan Magenta Yellow Key (the cyan, magenta, and yellow printing plates are carefully keyed or aligned with the key of the black key plate. [...]
CuCo unveils logo for £350M partnership
Mar 22
CuCo Creative has produced the official logo and corporate guidelines for a ground-breaking £350M regeneration project in Bournemouth. The newly-unveiled Bournemouth Development Company is a 50/50 partnership between the borough [...]
CuCo promotes £2m improvement scheme
Mar 1
Dorset design agency CuCo Creative has completed PR branding work for a £2 million-plus programme of improvements planned by Bournemouth Borough Council. The 12-month campaign will promote the initiative’s four [...]
Typography terminology
Oct 22
The sixth of our technical/terminology articles. Below are some of the common terms used: Typeface/Fonts A typeface is a family of fonts. This may be made up of one weight [...]
ISO paper sizes
Sep 7
The fifth of our technical/terminology articles. Over time there have been many standard sizes of paper used across the world, but today these have been distilled down to just two, [...]
Page design terminology
May 14
The fourth of our technical/terminology articles. When you lay out a page in a DTP (desktop publishing) program, there are certain areas of the page you need to be aware [...]
Finishing techniques
May 14
The third technical/terminology article. Once your sheet is printed there are many other techniques you can specify to add to the design/improve the functionality. Below are some of the common [...]
Binding techniques
May 14
In the second of our technical/terminology articles we touch on binding techniques. There are many techniques to bind paper together in pamphlet/brochure/book form. Below are some of the common terms [...]
